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debut as SJA's new Director of Montessori Programs:</div> <div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:28px"><strong>How to Prepare Your Child<br>for a Montessori Education</strong></span><br><br><span style="font-size:20px"><strong>Friday, June 15th<br>7 to 8:30 p.m.</strong></span><br><br><span style="font-size:18px">St. Jerome Academy Library<br><a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=5207+42nd+Place,+Hyattsville,+MD&entry=gmail&source=g" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">5207 42nd Place, Hyattsville, MD</a></span><br><br><img height="100" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/ea41f7d1613b8c7c232c0619e/images/b1c708d4-bac6-41d8-9b5e-4630f2b08825.jpg" width="149" class="m_1649993120626559042gmail-CToWUd" style="border:0px;width:149px;height:100px;margin:0px;outline:none;text-decoration:none"> <img height="100" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/ea41f7d1613b8c7c232c0619e/images/8b3e32ed-0dab-483c-9f8b-cd63d6f0141f.jpg" width="141" class="m_1649993120626559042gmail-CToWUd" 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Learn what you can do this summer to jump-start your child's readiness for the Montessori environment!<br>2. Meet the lead staff for SJA's Montessori expanded early-learning programs:</em></span></strong></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="m_1649993120626559042gmail-m_2695035332160356418m_2203019895014308316m_1293358543336880483mcnTextBlock" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody class="m_1649993120626559042gmail-m_2695035332160356418m_2203019895014308316m_1293358543336880483mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="m_1649993120626559042gmail-m_2695035332160356418m_2203019895014308316m_1293358543336880483mcnTextBlockInner" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="m_1649993120626559042gmail-m_2695035332160356418m_2203019895014308316m_1293358543336880483mcnTextContentContainer" style="max-width:210px;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="m_1649993120626559042gmail-m_2695035332160356418m_2203019895014308316m_1293358543336880483mcnTextContent" style="font-family:Helvetica;margin:0px;padding:0px 18px 9px;line-height:18.75px;color:rgb(96,96,96);font-size:15px;text-align:left"><img height="149" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/ea41f7d1613b8c7c232c0619e/images/92e1a0ea-382b-4a0e-9f83-0f6bc5a7ac1e.png" width="100" class="m_1649993120626559042gmail-CToWUd" style="border:0px;width:100px;height:149px;margin:0px;outline:none;text-decoration:none"><br><br><img height="129" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/ea41f7d1613b8c7c232c0619e/images/c62dd596-a60e-4661-9a13-230422ddb21a.png" width="100" class="m_1649993120626559042gmail-CToWUd" style="border:0px;width:100px;height:129px;margin:0px;outline:none;text-decoration:none"><br><br><img height="134" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/ea41f7d1613b8c7c232c0619e/images/c3fb0135-c001-4e62-8e0b-1f311bd24d43.jpg" width="100" class="m_1649993120626559042gmail-CToWUd" style="border:0px;width:100px;height:134px;margin:0px;outline:none;text-decoration:none"><br><br><img height="118" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/ea41f7d1613b8c7c232c0619e/images/e324e090-eb69-4a92-8366-a020480151c4.png" width="100" class="m_1649993120626559042gmail-CToWUd" style="border:0px;width:100px;height:118px;margin:0px;outline:none;text-decoration:none"><br><br><br><img height="143" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/ea41f7d1613b8c7c232c0619e/images/783bc8a8-ce47-4cd8-9989-5f10dcabec91.jpg" width="100" class="m_1649993120626559042gmail-CToWUd" style="border:0px;width:100px;height:143px;margin:0px;outline:none;text-decoration:none"></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="m_1649993120626559042gmail-m_2695035332160356418m_2203019895014308316m_1293358543336880483mcnTextContentContainer" style="max-width:390px;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="m_1649993120626559042gmail-m_2695035332160356418m_2203019895014308316m_1293358543336880483mcnTextContent" style="font-family:Helvetica;margin:0px;padding:0px 18px 9px;line-height:18.75px;color:rgb(96,96,96);font-size:15px;text-align:left"><span style="font-family:arial,"helvetica neue",helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10px"><strong>Maggie Radzik, DIrector, and Lead Teacher, Montessori Primary Class #3</strong><br>Maggie brings nearly 30 years of teaching experience and a national reputation to SJA. She has earned three AMI diplomas for 0-3, 3-6, 6-12 and an M.Ed. from Loyola University. Maggie is also trained at all levels of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd and is a formation leader for Level I. Maggie was the founding head of school at Siena Academy Montessori School in Great Falls, Va., and was also the founding head of Ave Maria Montessori in Ave Maria, Fl. </span></span><br><br><span style="font-size:10px"><strong><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Elizabeth Burghart, Assistant Director</font></strong><br><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">A graduate of Benedictine College, Elizabeth served as a Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Catechist in Iowa for nearly a decade. Drawn to Montessori through her training and experience in all three levels of the Catechesis, she received her Early Childhood Montessori credentials through the Iowa Montessori Training Center. After serving as Primary Guide for School of Mary Montessori in Des Moines, Elizabeth was catechist in SJA's Atrium in 2017-18.</font></span><br><br><strong><span style="font-size:10px">Micheala</span></strong><span style="font-size:10px"><strong><span> </span>van Versendaal, Lead Teacher, Primary Class #1</strong></span><br><span style="font-size:10px">Micheala</span><span style="font-size:10px"> received her BA from Emmanuel College, her MTS from the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family, and her MEd in Montessori Education from the Washington Montessori Institute at Loyola University. She has completed Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Level I certification and Part 1 of Level II.<span> </span></span><span style="font-size:10px">Micheala was Primary Directress<span> </span><a href="http://2013-2016.at/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">2013-2016.at</a><span> </span>SJA. After a year abroad in Regensburg, Germany, Micheala returns to SJA for 2018-2019. <br><br><strong>Siena Baker, Lead Teacher, Primary Class #2</strong><br>Siena graduated from The Catholic University of American with a B.M. in Violin Performance in 2014. After performing in Europe, she fell in love with the beautiful way of Montessori and went on to receive her AMI Primary diploma from Washington Montessori Institute and M.A. in Education from Loyola University in 2017. After another year of instrumental and voice performance, Siena joins SJA's faculty for her first position as a Primary Lead Teacher.</span><br><br><span style="font-size:10px"><strong>Sophie Oriani, Lead Teacher, Toddler Room</strong><br>Sophie received her Bachelor of Philosophy from The Catholic University of America in 2014, and her AMI Assistants to Infancy (0-3) Diploma from Montessori Northwest in 2016. She has taught in SJA's Toddler Room for the past four years, currently assisted by her twin sister, Teresa Bippus.. 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